Is het anti-amerikaans om tegen oorlog te zijn?

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Interviews by Jonathan Pitts
Sun Staff
Originally published March 9, 2003

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances -
- First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Love it, loathe it or tune it out, AM talk radio has developed an
impact as weighty as the once-ample frame of its biggest star. Rush
Limbaugh, the self-described "doctor of democracy," has built an
audience of 20 million, spooked liberal foes and, quite possibly,
changed the shape of politics by framing, as vividly as anyone, the
questions we all must face if we are to keep refining our identity as
Americans. So it mattered last month when Limbaugh, holding forth on
anti-war rallies around the world, raised the stakes in midsentence.
"I want to say something about these anti-war demonstrators," he
said. "No, let's not mince words. Let's call them what they are: anti-
American demonstrators." With that, he had questioned the motives --
and patriotism -- of hundreds of thousands who had taken to the
streets to exercise their right to question their government.

http://www.sunspot.net/features/arts/bal-
antiwar0309,0,11473.story?coll=bal%2Dhome%2Dheadlines

Interviews met zeven Amerikanen die vraagtekens zetten bij een oorlog
met/in Irak en 'staande' blijven in de zee van strijdkreten in de VS.

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